Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:41:16 PM
A customer of mine relayed a story about his brush with socialized medicine while in Greece several years back. He broke his collar bone and went to the hospital. He got his x rays and waited for hours for a doctor to show up. The doctor never showed. He left the hospital with his x rays and without seeing a physician. He complained to his friends. His friends said that it was free. He responded that it was free but he didn't receive anything of value or put it another way it was worth every penny he paid. One of consequences of getting things you don't pay for is that you accept mediocrity. This is why the poor accept terrible schools and lawlessness in their cities. They don't pay any taxes so they don't care. Homeowners who put nothing down with substandard credit could walk away from homes easily because they had no stake in staying and paying. When more and more people are on the government dole the end result will be more and more mediocrity.